Battle of the Processors

Brynn

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Rite its time for a new pc -

Whats better for gaming - sod video editing, just pure hardcore unadulterated gaming.

either : AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64 3500+/2.2ghz L2-512kb Box 939pin

or

Intel Pentium® 4 550 3.4GHZ HT 1M 800FSB Processor With Ht Technology Retail
 

Brynn

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fuck £600 on a processor - spending about 850 on the whole thing :p

all i was asking is whats better for gaming amd or pentium?
 

oblimov

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amd is way better

only thing pentium has goign for it is its multithread tech stuff which might help more if u run 2 accts but amd all the way :D
 

Brynn

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oblimov said:
amd is way better

only thing pentium has goign for it is its multithread tech stuff which might help more if u run 2 accts but amd all the way :D

quit darkage so im gunna go for amd :p
 

oblimov

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pffftt fuck rl

ill stay in the fantasy world with no neds :p
 

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AMD Athlon 64 'Winchester' 3500+
Cheaper and better bang for your buck, as it can be overclocked bettererer.
 

Brynn

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ok amd it is - next question scan or overclockers or *spit* ebuyer :p
 

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Wait till Overclockers get it in stock. I don't think EBuyer sell the Winchesters yet. I never look at Scan either. Overpriced wankers.
 

oblimov

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ebuyer are gettin shitty reviews recently m8 i would avoid em
 

Brynn

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next question is :

so i spend 70 quid more and get a Geforce 6800 Ultra with : 400MHz Core Engine Clock speed, 256MB 1100MHz high speed DDR3 memory

or save 70 and get a Radeon AX800 Pro with : 75MHz GPU Clock Speed, 256MB 900MHz GDDR3 memory
 

Brynn

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clown is : AMD *Retail* Athlon 64 3500 64Bit (32 Bit compatible) CPU Socket 939 from scan @ £196

the same as : AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester 90nm (Socket 939) from oc @ £208?
 

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Brynn said:
clown is : AMD *Retail* Athlon 64 3500 64Bit (32 Bit compatible) CPU Socket 939 from scan @ £196

the same as : AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester 90nm (Socket 939) from oc @ £208?
I don't know. Is the Scan one 130nm?
Also, go for a 6800GT. These are almost certainly likely to flash to an Ultra card.
 

old.user4556

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I didn't think that the 6800 GT needed flashing? It just overclocks (mine does anyway) to 400 / 1100.

:confused:

G
 

Brynn

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Buying this as soon as Inland Revenue cash-back comes in.

cant wait - gunna make this my baby and mod my case.
 

JBP|

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well you can call me contoversial if you want but i went down the intel and ati route and tbh i hav'nt looked back.


got a P4 3.2 and an 9800Xt

domms 3 had a few issues but hey CS:S runst sweet as a nut at full spangly bits
 

Gengi

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I have a 3.2 gig P4 and a 6800 GT and I just loaded farcy and it runs nicely.

Later
 

Ch3tan

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I'm happy with my 9800 pro, but when I do upgrade it will probably be for a 6800GT. Nvidia have won by a clear mile this time round.
 

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Brynn said:
clown is : AMD *Retail* Athlon 64 3500 64Bit (32 Bit compatible) CPU Socket 939 from scan @ £196

the same as : AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester 90nm (Socket 939) from oc @ £208?

Scan one is Newcastle core I bet (130nm)

edit: helps if I spot someone said the same thing on page 2 :twak:
 

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I've got an AMD64 3500+ partnered with an overclocked 6800GT.

Suffice to say "Gaming" is sweeeet :sex:
 

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Ch3tan said:
I'm happy with my 9800 pro, but when I do upgrade it will probably be for a 6800GT. Nvidia have won by a clear mile this time round.


You talking AGP or PCI-E there ch3t?



tbh if your thinking of buying a new grafix card now it might be better to wait for the 2nd gen PCI-E cards, then wait to see who comes out on top
 

Brynn

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JBP| said:
You talking AGP or PCI-E there ch3t?



tbh if your thinking of buying a new grafix card now it might be better to wait for the 2nd gen PCI-E cards, then wait to see who comes out on top

how long will that be? coz i need a new card - i have a geforce 4600 and its mmore sluggish than a slug trying to move with 3 tons on its back.

Yea i oc-ed it but that caused Source to crash
 

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Hopefully if im still the highest bidder in 12 hrs I'll get a AMD FX 53 with a asus motherboard for £500 incl delivery, which will save me a mint. just got to decide which RAM to get.
 

Brynn

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Next question :p

can i simply pull out mobo/gfx card/processor/psu/ram - replace them and plug old HD's back in or will it have a hissy fit and not let it work?
 

~Yuckfou~

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It'll want to configure some stuff, but essentially it's usually just plug 'n go with no serious stuff.
 

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Ive always thought replacing a mobo entailed full install of windows. Thats what Ive done .
 

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